Game Notes (pdf)IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Playing their third consecutive road game in the last six days, the North Florida basketball team wraps up their pre-holiday schedule on Monday with a game against Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The game is set for a 7 p.m. (CT) tipoff and will be carried live on ESPN3.
UNF (7-5) hopes to continue its winning ways following an 83-65 victory at Florida A&M on Friday night. The victory snapped a two-game skid for the Ospreys and marked the most non-conference wins in a season in the program's Division I era.
Against FAMU, senior
Jalen Nesbitt collected his first career double-double finishing with career highs in both points (20) and rebounds (10). Junior
Trent Mackey also matched his career best scoring 22 points including five three-pointers.
Iowa enters the match-up at 8-4 highlighted by a 7-1 record at home this season. The Hawkeyes have dropped their last two games including a 56-44 loss versus Northern Iowa on Saturday.
In addition, the game will be televised live on ESPN3 as well as carried on the WatchESPN app. "Voice of the Ospreys", Richard Miller, will have all the action live on the radio at 1010 XL in Jacksonville. Osprey fans are encouraged to also watch the game live at The Brix Taphouse, the official watch party location for all UNF Basketball games. The Brix Taphouse is located in Jacksonville Beach at 300 2nd St. North, Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250
After facing Iowa, North Florida will take a week break from competition for the holidays before returning to action on Monday, Dec. 29 at Tennessee Tech.
SERIES NOTES* Monday's game marks the inaugural meeting between the Ospreys and Hawkeyes on the hardwood
* Ospreys are 1-11 all-time against current members of the Big 10 Conference including a win at Purdue earlier this year
* Game marks the 3rd contest for UNF vs Big 10 this season (Northwestern & Purdue)
TIDBITS* UNF is playing its 2nd game of the year in the state of Iowa (played at Northern Iowa on Nov. 22)
* Sophomore
Dallas Moore is averaging 16.6 ppg in 5 career games against Big 10 teams highlighted by career best 27 at Indiana last year
TEAM LEADERSScoring:
Dallas Moore (UNF) 17.7 | Aaron White (Iowa) 15.3
Rebounding:
Chris Davenport (UNF) 6.5 | Aaron White (Iowa) 7.0
Assists:
Dallas Moore (UNF) 38 | Mike Gesell (Iowa) 48
| Team-by-Team Comparison |
| North Florida | Iowa |
| Record | 7-5 (0-0 ASun) | 8-4 |
| Points/game | 72.8 | 69.6 |
| Rebounds/game | 33.6 | 40.6 |
| Assists/game | 15.0 | 15.5 |
| FG Percentage | 47.2 | 40.9 |
| 3PT Percentage | 36.2 | 30.0 |
| FT Percentage | 65.0 | 75.7 |
